When you buy a new computer it will almost certainly come pre-loaded with lots of totally unnecessary and usually unwanted software which is simply there to advertise the company name and entice you to buy full versions of the trial software they have generously provided.

Before you load your own programs and data onto your new computer it is well worth while taking time to remove all this ‘bloatware’.

Apart from anything else your computer will run faster – most of this bloatware is configured to start when you turn your computer on so you are greeted with Sony this and Acer that – all it’s doing is slowing everything down.

As an example, a friend recently bought a new Sony Vaio laptop, very nice it is too, but it took me nearly 2 hours to get rid of the heaps of pre-installed rubbish, ranging from trials of Office and unwanted Internet Security software, to their proprietary ‘Network Configuration’ software – a remarkably useless program that allows you to connect to the internet, something Windows does very well all on its own.

Once you’ve had a good spring-clean you can sit back and enjoy your leaner meaner machine!